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Message no. 1
From: Duncan McNeill-Burton <dmcneill@************.EDU>
Subject: Re: [OT] football (was: Re: [SR3] The unfit of 2060 [load
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 12:48:28 -0400
00DNA didst sayeth
>>Football has no goaltending. Football is a sport in which 22 brutes pound
>>upon each other over a air-filled leather "ball" to the enjoyment of
>>millions of Americans and driving local and the national economy through
>>associated costs, such as beer, pizza, comfy chairs and divorce lawyers.


22 brutes...make that 18...wideouts and corners tend to be on they puny side
:)

>That's American Football...to the rest of the world, Football does have
>goalies.


Nope...last I checked Australian rules football doesn't either...

And steering this back to SR, how likely is it that more sports have reached
big time prominence? I'm thinking that with sixty more years, team
handball, lacrosse, and Australian rules football and jai alai could reach
the status of soccer, baseball, basketball, and, dare I say it, even
American football...

Later-

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Message no. 2
From: Dhl9@***.COM
Subject: Re: [OT] football (was: Re: [SR3] The unfit of 2060 [load
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 13:16:55 EDT
In a message dated 9/1/98 12:49:32 PM AST, dmcneill@************.EDU writes:

> >That's American Football...to the rest of the world, Football does have
> >goalies.
>
>
> Nope...last I checked Australian rules football doesn't either...
>
> And steering this back to SR, how likely is it that more sports have
reached
> big time prominence? I'm thinking that with sixty more years, team
> handball, lacrosse, and Australian rules football and jai alai could reach
> the status of soccer, baseball, basketball, and, dare I say it, even
> American football...
>

Gaelic football does have goalies.

In the Tir hurling is the national sport (Have you seen this insanity? Hockey
on grass with no pads).
I think you would see sports on the scale it is today lessened. With more
sports to choose from I think there is a better chance you would see a shift
in what the sports fan is watching and spending money on, not an influx of new
fans. The new sports might create some new fans but not enough to make a
difference. Take boxing. According to Shadowbeat there is cybered and non-
cybered. I can't believe that just because of cyber someone would become a
boxing fan but if you are already a fan and you have a choice of watching one
or the other what do you do?
This has happened with television. There are no less television watchers but
network television viewership has dropped dramatically because there are so
many more options these days.
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: [OT] football (was: Re: [SR3] The unfit of 2060 [load
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 21:08:13 +0200
Dhl9@***.COM said on 13:16/1 Sep 98,...

> In the Tir hurling is the national sport (Have you seen this insanity? Hockey
> on grass with no pads).

Erm... hockey IS on grass and nobody wears protective clothing except for
the goalie. Oh, you meant _ice_ hockey...

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Message no. 4
From: David Foster <fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US>
Subject: Re: [OT] football (was: Re: [SR3] The unfit of 2060 [load
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 15:16:43 -0400
On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, 00DNA wrote:

->>> On a related note, injury really ought to dcrease the amount you
->>>can carry. I sprained my wrist goaltending football yesterday, and I
->>
->>Football has no goaltending. Football is a sport in which 22 brutes pound
->>upon each other over a air-filled leather "ball" to the enjoyment of
->>millions of Americans and driving local and the national economy through
->>associated costs, such as beer, pizza, comfy chairs and divorce lawyers.
->
->That's American Football...to the rest of the world, Football does have
->goalies.

I believe what they are referring to is what we Americans call
Soccer.

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Message no. 5
From: Justin Bell <justin@******.NET>
Subject: Re: [OT] football (was: Re: [SR3] The unfit of 2060 [load
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 14:12:27 -0500
At 03:16 PM 9/1/98 -0400, David Foster wrote:
# On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, 00DNA wrote:
On a related note, injury really ought to dcrease the amount you
# ->>>can carry. I sprained my wrist goaltending football yesterday, and I
# ->>
# ->>Football has no goaltending. Football is a sport in which 22 brutes
pound
# ->>upon each other over a air-filled leather "ball" to the enjoyment of
# ->>millions of Americans and driving local and the national economy through
# ->>associated costs, such as beer, pizza, comfy chairs and divorce lawyers.
# ->
# ->That's American Football...to the rest of the world, Football does have
# ->goalies.

gee, since when did Football have goalies??????
oh, you mean soccer
Football, AFL, Rugby, Rugby League
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Message no. 6
From: Martin Steffens <chimerae@***.IE>
Subject: Re: [OT] football (was: Re: [SR3] The unfit of 2060 [load
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 00:11:43 +0000
and thus did Gurth speak on 1 Sep 98 at 21:08:

> > In the Tir hurling is the national sport (Have you seen this insanity? Hockey
> > on grass with no pads).
>
> Erm... hockey IS on grass and nobody wears protective clothing except for
> the goalie. Oh, you meant _ice_ hockey...

Trust me, I played a lot of field hockey in my days, both as player
(skin protection) and goalie (the full outfit) and I wouldn't touch
hurling with a ten foot pole. There are some very sensible rules in
field hockey that I don't see in hurling. I do see a lot of missing
front teeth, smacked fingers, concussions, etc. on TV however.
Hurling is the step before urban brawl...

They do wear helmets nowadays however, and I can imagine shin
protection too, although not all of them are that sensible.

Karina & Martin Steffens
chimerae@***.ie
Message no. 7
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [OT] football (was: Re: [SR3] The unfit of 2060 [load
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 13:02:44 +0100
And verily, did Duncan McNeill-Burton hastily scribble thusly...
|Nope...last I checked Australian rules football doesn't either...

OK then, Football has goalies. Any other game with the name football
prefixed by a country name doesn't.

There's only one game called "Football". (Without that prefix).

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